Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Act 2008 (117 of 2008)
Schedule 1 Amendments relating to greenhouse gas storage etc.
Offshore Petroleum Act 2006
225 Section 326
Insert:
greenhouse gas well means a hole in the seabed or subsoil made by drilling, boring or any other means in connection with:
(a) exploration for potential greenhouse gas storage formations; or
(b) exploration for potential greenhouse gas injection sites; or
(c) the injection of a greenhouse gas substance into an identified greenhouse gas storage formation; or
(d) the injection, on an appraisal basis, of:
(i) a greenhouse gas substance; or
(ii) air; or
(iii) petroleum; or
(iv) water;
into a part of a geological formation.